Life of PI Pi is on the lifeboat
Life of PI
Pi is on the lifeboat for 227 days.
Suraj Sharma, was never in the boat with a live tiger. Most of the tiger shots were CGI. Only a few scenes, like the tiger swimming in the water, included a real tiger.
The lead actor of the movie Suraj Sharma had no experience in acting
The carnivorous island has the shape of a lying Vishnu (a Hindu deity), and can be seen in a long shot of the island.
Most of the oceans that you see, were actually shot in a huge swimming pool they created at an unused airstrip in Taiwan.
It took Rhythm & Hues one year to build Richard Parker.
More than 3, 000 actors auditioned for the lead role of Pi.
Life of Pi has sold more than seven million copies worldwide and won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2002.
Suraj did not know how to swim at the start of the film.
physical and performance references. Animal trainer Thierry Le Portier (Gladiator) found three of the four key animals in France and one in Canada. Their names: King, Min, Themus and Jonas
Suraj Sharma never intended to audition for the role; it was his brother who was set to read for the part and Suraj only agreed to accompany him to the audition in return for a Subway sandwich.
All of Irrfan Khan's scenes had to be reshot, at director Ang Lee's request
Tobey Maguire was originally cast as the Writer, but director Ang Lee later went with Rafe Spall for the part instead
Question time • Piscine Molitor Patel is named after?
a swimming pool
Pi’s father runs what company?
Pondicherry Zoo
Pi’s father teaches him and his brother, Ravi, a lesson about wild animals by?
feeding a wild goat to a tiger
Which of the following religions does Pi not practice? • Islam • Christianity • Buddhism • Hindu
When they set sail, Pi’s family is headed to
Canada
Pi sees an orangutan named Orange Juice floating on a raft made of
bananas
In the lifeboat’s locker, Pi discovers cans full of
water
Which becomes Pi’s most valuable tool in training Richard Parker? • A whip • A whistle • An oar • A megaphone
The first time Pi kills a fish for food, he
cries
Pi decides to leave the strange floating island because
the vegetation is man eating
Pi’s raft washes ashore near the small town of Tomatlán in
Mexico
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